Knights of Pythias to gift bicycles Saturday
R.A. Driesbach, Sr. Lodge #77, Knights of Pythias will again this year provide bikes for Christmas to boys and girls in Gulf County and surrounding areas.
Students that may really need help were selected by school guidance counselors, organizations, and community members to receive bikes.
Bicycles will be distributed Saturday, Dec. 21 in Port St. Joe at the City Commons next to City Hall, 10 a.m. to noon ET, and in Wewahitchka at Lake Alice Park, 1 to 2 p.m. CT. Parents are asked to bring their child along when picking up the bikes so we can have pictures for our donors.
“Members of R.A. Driesbach, Sr. Lodge, #77 wish to thank all the citizens, businesses, organizations, of Port St. Joe, Gulf County, and friends far and near that made generous gifts to help purchase the bikes,” said Clarence Monette, chairman of Bikes for Boys and Girls. “Because of you, many families will receive a special blessing this Christmas.”
The Knights of Pythias is an international fraternal organization, founded in 1880, whose primary object is to promote friendship among men and to relieve suffering. Honor and integrity are thoroughly instilled in the minds of its membership.
To help fund the Bikes for Boys and Girls program, donations should be addressed to R.A. Driesbach, Sr. Lodge #77 Knights of Pythias, P.O. Box 731, Port St. Joe, FL 32457
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David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.